title: Genetic Structure and Temporal Dynamics of a Colletotrichum graminicola Population in a Sorghum Disease Nursery.
abstract: ABSTRACT Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) were used to study the population genetics of Colletotrichum graminicola (= C. sublineolum), the causal agent of sorghum anthracnose. Screening of 80 anonymous probes from a genomic library detected polymorphisms in 81% of 299 probe-enzyme combinations among nine international isolates. Seven single- or low-copy probes were used to study a collection of 411 isolates sampled during 1991 to 1993 from a sorghum disease nursery in Georgia. Nei's gene diversity was moderately high, with = 0.215 on average, while genotypic diversity was extremely low with an average genotypic diversity value of G = 1.513. Only nine multilocus haplotypes were identified, with one haplotype being present at a frequency of approximately 80% each year. Two other haplotypes were found at significant frequencies (4 to 10%). Allele and haplotype frequencies did not differ over the 3 years, indicating that this population was stable. Our findings suggest that genetic drift and gene flow were not major contributors to genetic structure, while asexual reproduction had a significant effect.
authors.forename: U L
authors.initials: UL
authors.lastname: Rosewich
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Pettway
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Frederiksen